A presentation at HackSoc in in Nottingham, UK by Steven Pears
I Approve This Talk! SLACK APPS WITH .NET
About me Work for Experian 🔥 1 Outage / Decade Slack.NetStandard
About Slack Workspaces Channels Messages
Slack Apps Extend slack with custom functionality Slack interacts via app APIs Installed per workspace
Our App: I approve this! Start Approval Send message to approver Approver Accepts/Rejects Send response
Slack Signature Valid Timestamp (X-Slack-Request-Timestamp) + Body Text = Hash with Signing Secret = Signature (X-Slack-Signature)
Start Approval: Slash Commands /[command] [other text here]
Demo: Always approve Start Approval Approved!
Sending a message Web API Permissions Slack timings
Demo: Telling someone
Block Kit JSON UI Framework Blocks Elements
Demo: Block Kit
Modals More Block Kit! Input controls Submit and cancel send payload to your API
Shortcuts Send a payload to your API Can be applied to messages
Demo: Shortcut & Modal
Workflows For paid plans Connect events within Slack Not just shortcuts!
Steps from apps Custom functionality for workflow
Demo: Workflows
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In this talk we look at dealing with the statement “Slack’s great, it would be even better if…”. From receiving a message, we’ll build up our own Slack App using .NET Core to create an approval process inside Slack Showing how to communicate with users and add your own logic to this incredibly popular collaboration tool.
for free. You
can too.